Accession number
PML 765
Creator
Hayton, Frère, approximately 1235-approximately 1314.
Published
London : Richard Pynson, [1520?]
Credit line
Purchased with the Bennett collection, 1902.
Notes
Book of travels in the Orient, the Holy Land and the Near East set down into French by Nicolas Falcon (Faucon) at the author's dictation and is conjectured to have been turned into English by Alexander Barclay.
First ed. in English.
Large woodcut (Hodnett no. 1512) on t.p.
The cancel slips with the word "Hereforde" printed on them which were to be pasted over the word "Gloucestre" on t.-p. and in the colophon area missing.
First ed. in English.
Large woodcut (Hodnett no. 1512) on t.p.
The cancel slips with the word "Hereforde" printed on them which were to be pasted over the word "Gloucestre" on t.-p. and in the colophon area missing.
Description
48 leaves : 1 ill.
Provenance
From the collections of the Earl of Ashburnham, his shelf-mark 24E in red on inside upper cover; Ashburnham, sale IId portion, Dec. 6, 1897; Richard Bennett, armorial bookplate; and Pierpont Morgan.
Binding
Olive morocco, gilt.
Classification
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Department